Company Description
Cell therapies have been shown to cure devastating and previously untreatable diseases like cancer by re‑programming the patient's own immune system. Giving more patients access to these life‑saving therapies requires a revolution in manufacturing and process automation. Cellular Origins, a TTP company, is enabling scalable, cost‑effective and efficient manufacture of cell and gene therapies. Our technology addresses the challenges associated with manufacturing at scale with an elegant robotic manufacturing automation solution that reduces cost and labour, eliminates human error, and increases efficiency.
Job Description
As Head of Systems Engineering at Cellular Origins, you’ll be an integral part of our senior leadership team. Reporting to our CTO and collaborating closely with executive leadership, development teams and customers, you will be the crucial link between our vision and its realisation. You will define Cellular Origins’ processes for systems engineering at the company level and lead the development of our system definition, ensuring that the scalable manufacturing system meets customer and company goals and delivers on ambitious project timelines.
Responsibilities
* Define and implement a comprehensive systems engineering strategy aligned with Cellular Origins’ business objectives and platform roadmap, integrating customer and regulatory requirements with our modular architecture.
* Lead and develop the systems engineering team in systems definition, requirements engineering, system architecture, and the identification and management of modular interfaces.
* Work closely with cross‑functional departments (hardware, software, robotics, and quality) to make trade‑offs that meet system and company goals while ensuring regulatory compliance.
* Maintain a customer‑focused approach, translating user requirements into scalable automation platforms, managing expectations and aligning with business goals.
* Plan and conduct verification tests and strategies to assess that requirements have been met, proactively identifying and mitigating technical risks associated with system development and deployment.
Qualifications
* Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle from requirements through to project completion, ideally within factory automation and/or pharmaceutical settings.
* Experience delivering factory automation systems from user requirements through to site acceptance tests and supporting customer validation.
* Expertise in systems engineering, with a deep understanding of mechanical, electrical, software, and automation systems, preferably working on cross‑disciplinary systems that impact biology, chemistry or similar.
* Experience with generation of technical documentation at all levels; preferably pulling together technical files for regulated industry such as GMP.
* Strong leadership and team management skills, with experience growing and developing high‑performing teams.
Benefits
* Annual bonus
* 25 days holiday
* Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
* Free lunch and all‑day refreshments
* Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
* Enhanced family‑friendly leave
* Life insurance worth 6× salary
* Electric car leasing scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Season ticket loan
* Activities and community that support healthy activities, from lunchtime squash to football, Zumba or our own rock band.
Seniority level
Executive
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
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